It’s been about a decade since home prices peaked in the run-up to the housing catastrophe that nearly destroyed the American economy. In aggregate, the housing market has bounced all the way back, but as a recent analysis by The Washington Post found, the recovery has “exacerbated inequality, leaving behind many Americans of moderate means.” […]
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Half of Chatham County Has No Zoning Restrictions. That Could Soon Change.
A couple years back, a firing range called 2A Range opened up about two hundred yards from the Goathouse Refuge, an animal sanctuary in rural Chatham County. Controversy ensued. The 2A Range rebutted the noise and safety complaints voiced by the Goathouse Refuge, arguing that no zoning restrictions prevented it from conducting its business. This […]
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A Big Chain is Coming to Ninth Street in Durham and It Serves Waffles
Waffle House, the all-day-every-day Georgia restaurant chain, is one of the top places to eat breakfast food while trying not to think too hard about what life must be like for the children at the next table being screamed at by their tweaker mom. In recent years, Waffle House has been making a push to […]
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Quail Ridge Books Sets Opening Date for Its New Raleigh Location
Last December, beloved Raleigh indie bookstore Quail Ridge Books announced it would be leaving its location in the Ridgewood Shopping Center. Since then, the shop has been in a temporary space, endearingly known as Quail Ridge Books on the Fly, at 4381-105 Lassiter at North Hills Ave. In a few weeks, though, Quail Ridge Books […]
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The Morning Roundup: Crunch Time in the Legislature
Getting closer to that sweet, sweet, holiday weekend. News for you: 1. N.C. Senate close to approving budget. WRAL notes: Senators on Tuesday took the first of two votes needed to approve a $22.34 billion state budget for the fiscal year that starts Friday. The bill passed 33-16, and a final vote is set for […]
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Jillian Johnson Won’t Back Down over Cop-Related Facebook Post
Earlier this month, in our Best of the Triangle issue, the INDY praised Durham City Councillor Jillian Johnson for her commitment to “keeping it real,” noting that, even though she’s now an elected official, Johnson continues to be an active presence at civil rights protests across Durham. Perhaps it was inevitable, then, that Johnson has […]
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The Durham-Orange County Light Rail Line Is on the Ropes Again. That Might Be a Good Thing.
Anne Wells would seem to be the target demographic for the proposed Durham to Orange Light Rail Transit project. Thirty years old, she moved to the Triangle from Chicago last year to work as an audiovisual archivist at the UNC-Chapel Hill Library. She picked Durham over Chapel Hill or Carrboro because it was more affordable, […]
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Light Rail Funding Once Again Jeopardized by State Budget
You’ll recall that, last year, the Durham to Orange Light Rail Transit project was derailed by a sneaky, last-minute provision inserted into the state budget that capped state spending on light-rail projects at $500,000. The D-O LRT funding plan called for the state to contribute $400 million. Because of the way the budget process works, […]
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North Carolina House Advances Body Camera Bill That Defeats Purpose of Body Cameras
Communities across North Carolina (and the entire country) have spent a great deal of time over the last year trying to iron out thoughtful policies regarding how accessible police body camera footage should be. It’s tricky business, a balancing act of transparency objectives and privacy concerns. But the entire reason these conversations are taking place […]
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The Morning Roundup: Hillary’s Here, Sextortion, Abortions, and More
Wednesday the 22nd. Your news: 1. Hillary’s in town. Clinton will speak in Raleigh today. From the News and Observer: Clinton’s event, scheduled for 2:30 p.m. at the Fairgrounds Expo Center, is her first campaign stop in North Carolina since becoming her party’s presumptive nominee. Her campaign says she will “discuss her vision for an […]
